| 2014 | Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin-Sharp |
| 2013 | Pierre Rolland (Fra) Team Europcar |
| 2012 | Luke Durbridge (Aus) Orica GreenEdge |
| 2011 | Anthony Roux (Fra) Francaise des Jeux |
| 2010 | Luis Leon Sanchez (Spa) Caisse d'Epargne |
| 2009 | David Le Lay (Fra) Agritubel |
| 2008 | Thomas Voeckler (Fra) Bouygues Telecom |
| 2007 | Andreas Klöden (Ger) Astana |
| 2006 | Stefan Schumacher (Ger) Gerolsteiner |
| 2005 | Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Cofidis |
| 2004 | Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) Fdjeux.Com |
| 2003 | Carlos Da Cruz (Fra) FDJeux.com |
| 2002 | Didier Rous (Fra) Bonjour |
| 2001 | David Millar (GBr) Cofidis |
| 2000 | David Canada (Spa) ONCE-Deutsche Bank |
| 1999 | Steffen Kjaergaard (Nor) Team Chicky World |
| 1998 | Melchor Mauri (Spa) ONCE |
| 1997 | Melchor Mauri (Spa) ONCE |
| 1996 | Adriano Baffi (Ita) Mapei-GB |
| 1995 | Thierry Marie (Fra) Castorama |
| 1994 | Stéphane Heulot (Fra) Banesto |
| 1993 | Jean-François Bernard (Fra) Banesto |
| 1992 | Jean-François Bernard (Fra) Banesto |
| 1991 | Bruno Cornillet (Fra) Z-Peugeot |
| 1990 | Dmitri Zhdanov (Rus) U.S.S.R. (national team) |
| 1989 | Thierry Laurent (Fra) R.M.O. |
| 1988 | Thierry Marie (Fra) Système U |
| 1987 | Piotr Ugrumov (USSR) U.S.S.R. (national team) |
| 1986 | Didier Garcia (Spa) Peugeot-Shell-Velo Talbot |
| 1985 | Pascal Jules (Fra) Renault-Elf |
| 1984 | Claude Moreau (Fra) Coop-Hoonved |
| 1983 | Pascal Jules (Fra) Renault-Elf |
| 1982 | Ivan Mitchenko (Urs) U.S.S.R. (national team) |
| 1981 | Juri Barinov (Urs) U.S.S.R. (national team) |
| 1980 | Greg LeMond (USA) United States (national team) |
| 1979 | Christian Muselet (Fra) La Redoute-Motobécane |
| 1978 | Bernd Drogan (Gdr) East Germany (national team) |
| 1977 | Aavo Pikkuus (Urs) U.S.S.R. (national team) |
| 1976 | Bernard Hinault (Fra) Gitane-Campagnolo |
| 1975 | Bernard Hinault (Fra) Gitane-Campagnolo |
| 1974 | Ivan Skosyrev (Urs) U.S.S.R. (national team) |
| 1973 | Nikolay Gorclov (Urs) U.S.S.R. (national team) |
| 1972 | Regis Ovion (Fra) Athletic Club de Boulogne-Billancourt |
| 1971 | Viktor Neloubine (Urs) U.S.S.R. (national team) |
| 1970 | Claude Lechatelier (Fra) France (national team) |
| 1969 | Ryszard Jan Szurkowski (Pol) Poland (national team) |
| 1968 | Guy Grimbert (Fra) Caen |
| 1967 | Guy Grimbert (Fra) Pampryl |
| 1966 | Pierre Matignon (Fra) Bières 33 |
| 1965 | José Manuel Lopez-Rodriguez (ESP) Spain (national team) |
| 1964 | Jean Cosseron (Fra) Pelforth |
| 1963 | Claude Juin (Fra) U.V. Aube |
| 1961 | Jean Jeugnet (Fra) V.C. Tours |
| 1960 | André Foucher (Fra) Rennes |
| 1959 | Jean-Pierre Danguillaume (Fra) A.V.T. |
| 1958 | Jean-Pierre Danguillaume (Fra) A.V.T. |
| 1957 | Raymond Guérin (Fra) C.O.P. |
| 1956 | Jean-Pierre Danguillaume (Fra) A.V.T. |
| 1955 | André Bernard (Fra) Couêmon |
| 1954 | Bernard Fournières (Fra) La Suze |
| 1953 | Jacky Hays (Fra) V.C. Tours |
